[*]It is but limned in outline;[[378]] and when brought

To low estate, then doth the sponge, full soaked,

1300

Wipe out the picture with its frequent touch:

And this I count more piteous e'en than that.[[379]]

[Passes through the door into the palace

Chor. 'Tis true of all men that they never set

A limit to good fortune; none doth say,

As bidding it depart,

[*]And warding it from palaces of pride,